Because IT jobs deal with computers, not with people. That's why I like mine, to be honest. Because of that, you can succeed in them with any personality. And I personally think it is wrong that some "modern" team building techniques ignore this very special advantage and try to impose marketing rules on non-marketing jobs.
Because IT jobs deal with computers, not with people.
Meritocracies are composed of people, not computers, even in IT. If you want people to succeed in them, you can't treat them as if they're the same as the things they're working on. People require management; meritocracies require effort.
Because of that, you can succeed in them with any personality.
This is obviously untrue. People are fired from IT jobs all the time for meshing poorly with their superiors, coworkers, and reports -- Google trivially provides thousands of reports of exactly this. I'm not saying that the people who are fired are guilty or have a bad personality, but I am saying personality is 100% a factor in an IT job.
Also, yes we use computers to do our jobs, but the whole point of our jobs is making things for other people. We build tools for people to use. To say that our jobs don't "deal with" people is a mistake.
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Because IT jobs deal with computers, not with people. That's why I like mine, to be honest. Because of that, you can succeed in them with any personality. And I personally think it is wrong that some "modern" team building techniques ignore this very special advantage and try to impose marketing rules on non-marketing jobs.
Meritocracies are composed of people, not computers, even in IT. If you want people to succeed in them, you can't treat them as if they're the same as the things they're working on. People require management; meritocracies require effort.
This is obviously untrue. People are fired from IT jobs all the time for meshing poorly with their superiors, coworkers, and reports -- Google trivially provides thousands of reports of exactly this. I'm not saying that the people who are fired are guilty or have a bad personality, but I am saying personality is 100% a factor in an IT job.
Also, yes we use computers to do our jobs, but the whole point of our jobs is making things for other people. We build tools for people to use. To say that our jobs don't "deal with" people is a mistake.